25 October 1944
Battle off Samar
Sprague commands Taffy 3 as its escort carriers and screen resist Kurita's much stronger Center Force.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Samar in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Sprague commands Taffy 3 as its escort carriers and screen resist Kurita's much stronger Center Force.
Sprague commands Taffy 1, one of the Seventh Fleet escort-carrier groups supporting the Leyte operation.
Stump commands Taffy 2, whose aircraft repeatedly attack Kurita's Center Force during the Battle off Samar.
Evans takes USS Johnston into a torpedo attack against the Japanese Center Force and continues fighting until the destroyer is sunk.
Copeland commands USS Samuel B. Roberts in a close-range attack on Japanese cruisers before the destroyer escort is sunk.
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